Houre Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Houre Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 291 | 1:65,952 | 3,026 |
| Ivory Coast | 90 | 1:256,347 | 10,121 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 41 | 1:594,521 | 30,269 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Houré (1) are calculated separately.
Houre (23,022) may also be a first name.
Houre Demographics
Average Houre Salary in
United States
$16,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Houre Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houre Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houre (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺮ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Houré. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houre? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houre is the 695,980th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Houre reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 33,998th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 23,022 people.
This surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 65,952. In Niger it is most frequent in: Maradi Region, where 50 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 26 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 21 percent are found. Besides Niger this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Houre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Houre has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Houre surname fell 30 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Houre Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Houre surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Houre earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houre Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houre in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺤﺮ | alhr | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Houre
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